In thanks to our WWII Vets in honor of Pearl Harbor Day.
In thanks to our WWII Vets in honor of Pearl Harbor Day.
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I wonder why, if GOD is on one’s side, one needs to fight at all?
Surely in the face of HIS infinite magnificence, even 1,000 H-bombs make not a dent.
Gently: An x son-in-law flew Cobras in Vietnam. After he came back, it was a long, long time before he could sleep at night. In his dreams he heard again the crys of those he wasn’t able to rescue.
It has been such a learning experience reading some of these posts, and to gently, stitico and other vets, my utmost respect goes out to you ladies and gentlemen.
Gently, I do agree with you about the fact that the WWII GIs were not as saintly as some make them out to be. My father-in-law was a tail-gunner in the Air Force in WWII. He participated in the Normandy Invasion. He is 82 now and has Alzheimer’s, and can’t remember even who his granddaughter is but can remember his youth and war years with remarkable clarity. Some of the exploits he tells me about are sometimes sad, sometimes hilarious, and usually involve sex. It embarrasses my husband to no end but I usually end up laughing my head off.
Rosemary, interesting your comment on the WACs – there’s a woman in my book discussion group who was in the WACs, she didn’t deliver planes but knew many who did. There’s a guy who picks a WWII book practically every year for his selection, and she always has interesting stories to tell for the discussion, or if we digress in other discussions (which we do a lot.)
Peach
My father was a gunner in WWII and depending upon which type plane he crewed they may have even know each other. Small world huh? Sotty about the alzheimer’s Peach. I can’t think of anything more horrible for me than to loose the use of my mind. Of couese so of you may feel that way about me already!
Pax Nobis
WOW, I really need to proof read these things better! My apologys to all. ARGH!!!
gently,
I’ll have to ask him about the plane, see if he remembers. There’s probably a photograph somewhere – he has lots of those and likes to go through them and tell people about them. He has a whole album from WWII. My husband gets impatient with him (he says the same things over and over) but I think it helps stimulate his brain so I ask him questions about them, even if he’s told me previously. And his face just lights up when you ask him; he loves telling the stories.
Thanks, it is sad about the Alzheimer’s. I think that’s one of the most cruel diseases imaginable. I’m with you on that one, there are lots of awful things that can happen but I think I’d rather deal with some of the physical disabilities than to lose my brain functions.
And no, we don’t think that about you already.
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Peach
Thanks, let me know if you find out anything from him. It would be fun to find out that the two of them might have met at some point. They were both gunners so they may have met in training someplace. Who knows, it was a BIG war!